Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 79 Entries. Sunday, April 19 View Page Hello,here are my seeds for 2009: 985 Werner, 1142 Van Kooten, 1248 Ford and back-ups: 1507 Jutras, 1180,5 Pukos and 1110 Wallace. Also 2 squashes: 848 Mackenzie and my own 1040 Van Rompaey. Thursday, April 23 View Page Yesterday evening i filed the seeds and soaked them for 2 hours in plain warm water. After that i placed them in my homemade propagator at about 28 °C using the paper towel method. Friday, May 1 View Page This my big greenhouse, it is 5 m wide and 18 meter long. The frame is second hand and the plastic cover is new. Friday, May 1 View Page I planted the 1142 inthe front and the 985 in the back. Unfortunally the 1248 Ford did not germinate. Wednesday, May 6 View Page Transplanted the 1507 Jutras, 848* Mackenzie and my 1040* Van Rompaey into the patch last sunday. Will make pics later. Saturday, May 30 View Page Took some foto's 2 days ago. This is the 1142 Van Kooten, strong plant. Saturday, May 30 View Page This is the 985 Werner also in the big greenhouse. Very big leaves and thick main vine. Saturday, May 30 View Page Inside the greenhouse. The 1142 is in the front, 985 at the back. Saturday, May 30 View Page The 1040* Van Rompaey doing fine in the patch behind the greenhouse. Saturday, May 30 View Page 1507 Jutras growing well too. Saturday, May 30 View Page 848* Mackenzie on the right is growing much too slow. I planted a 1180,5 Pukos on the left wich i had growing in a pot as a back-up. The 1180,5 was started morethan 10 days later and is already bigger tan the 848*. Will see what happens next week and will decide wich one i'm going too cull... Saturday, May 30 View Page This is a 965 Pukos wich is planted on the opposite site of the 1040*. Had this one left as a back-up. Will decide soon... Saturday, May 30 View Page Oops... forgot the picture of the 965 Pukos. Saturday, May 30 View Page Vieuw of the patch behind the greenhouse. Saturday, May 30 View Page Planted an additional 1040* in the front of the greenhouse too make a sibbing-cross incase i have too cull the 848*. This 1040* is planted in the right front, it will grow with minor care and no water. Will give it a thick layer of mulching material. Saturday, May 30 View Page A pic of my uncle's patch: Frans Broeckhoven. Saturday, May 30 View Page Here is the pic of his patch...oops again. Thursday, July 2 View Page A pic of the 1142 in the front. Had to cover the greenhouse today because it is getting to hot. Thursday, July 2 View Page Pollinated today: 1442 x 1507 Thursday, July 2 View Page This one was open pollinated on the 1442 when a had a short vacation with the family, i don't think it is set. Thursday, July 2 View Page A pic of the 985, female will be ready in a few days. The first one i had to cull, it had seeds in the blossom. Thursday, July 2 View Page Female on the 1507 that was pollinated a few days back. Thursday, July 2 View Page Female on the 1507 pollinated today with the 985 Thursday, July 2 View Page 1507 in the front, 848* at the back. I broke the main on the 848*, a strong secondary is taking over. Will pollinate it next week. Thursday, July 2 View Page 1040* genetic plant Thursday, July 2 View Page Fruit on the 1040* x sib, nice long stem. I ha no males on the 848* too pollinate with. Thursday, July 2 View Page 965 Pukos genetic plant. Thursday, July 2 View Page This is the other 1040* that is growing in font of the patch, pollination will be next week. Friday, July 31 View Page This is my fruit on the 1142 Van Kooten pollinated with the 1507 Jutras on july 2; est. 346 lbs / 157 kg. Nice long shape. Friday, July 31 View Page Front vieuw of the 1142 fruit. Friday, July 31 View Page I had to cut my pumpkin on the 985 Werner. What a dissapointment! When i got back from our 10-day vacation in Austria i found this fruit that had no growth at all! Can't explain this ; it was a nice female... Friday, July 31 View Page Further down the main a next fruit on the 985 that was open pollinated. Friday, July 31 View Page This pumpkin is on the 1507 Jutras and was pollinated on July 2 with the 985 Werner. Est.243 lbs / 110,5 kg. Round and high shape. Friday, July 31 View Page This is the only fruit on the 848* Mackenzie and was open pollinated while i was on vacation. All pollinated fruits aborted or had seeds in the blossoms. Very difficult plant to manage, very thick sidevines wich very quick are snapping. I cut the main after the fruit and it is on it's own now... Friday, July 31 View Page Fruit on the 965 Hester pollinated with the 985 Werner. I grow this one only for the seeds, it is a small plant. Friday, July 31 View Page Fruit on the 1040* (side-vine) open pollinated (while i was on vacation). I had a nice 6-lober pollinated with 4 !! males of the 848* before i left on vacation, unfortunaly it aborted... Friday, July 31 View Page Another fruit on the 1040* on the main vine, also open pollinated. Monday, August 10 View Page Fruit on the 1442 is est. 551,2 lbs / 250 kg and the fruit on the 1507 is est. 535,8 lbs / 243 kg. Monday, August 17 View Page 1040* est. 109 kg / 240 lbs Monday, August 17 View Page 1142 Van Kooten day 45 est.313,4 kg / 691 lbs and doing 22 lbs a day now. Monday, August 17 View Page 985 Werner; is still dissapointing me... Monday, August 17 View Page 1507 Jutras at day 45 est. 347 kg / 765 lbs and doing 33 lbs a day. Monday, August 17 View Page Stem vieuw 1507 Jutras. Monday, August 17 View Page 965 Pukos, did not meassure it yet. Monday, August 17 View Page 848* Mackenzie, also did'nt meassure it yet. Saturday, August 22 View Page 1142 Van Kooten est. 338 kg / 745,2 lbs and slowed down to about 11 lbs a day. 1507 Jutras est. 408 kg / 899,5 lbs and doing about 27 lbs a day. Thursday, August 27 View Page 1507 Jutras est. 987,7 lbs / 448 kg doing 8 kg a day. 1142 Van Kooten est. 815,8 lbs / 370 kg doing 6 kg a day. 985 Werner est. 397 lbs / 180 kg. 1040* est. 355 lbs / 161 kg. on a small plant 848* est. 363,8 lbs / 165 kg. 965 Pukos est. 297,6 lbs / 135 kg on a tiny small plant. Wednesday, September 2 View Page 965 Pukos Wednesday, September 2 View Page 848* Mackenzie Wednesday, September 2 View Page 985 Werner est. 200 kg Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1040* est. 180 kg Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1142 Van Kooten est. 395 kg / 871 lbs at day 61 Wednesday, September 2 View Page Stem end of the 1142, slowed down to 5 kg a day now and looks like a rock. Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1507 Jutras est. 489 kg / 1078 lbs at day 61. Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1507 side vieuw, still growing 8 kg a day. Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1507 Stem side. I had a soft spot on the stem that i treaded with pure fungicide. After that i had a fan running 24/7 on that spot. For now it dryed up, let's hope it stayes that way. Wednesday, September 2 View Page Stump of the 1507, this is a nice plant to grow and easy to manage. Wednesday, September 9 View Page Had a visit from a friend. Standing behind the 1507 wich is etimated 514 kg or 1133 lbs. Slowing down now to about 3 kg a day. Wednesday, September 9 View Page Pic of the stemside, soft spot is healed. Sunday, September 13 View Page 1507 Jutras is est. 530 kg or 1168 lbs on day 73 and the 1142 Van Kooten is est. 427 kg or 941 lbs also on day 73. Sunday, September 27 View Page I won our local weigh-off yesterday for the sixth year in a row now. My 1507 Jutras weighed 555,5 kg or 1224,7 lbs. Est. weight was 547 kg so it is 1,5 % heavey. Will post more pics this week. Sunday, October 4 View Page Bottom from the 1507 Jutras is as flat as a pancake. Sunday, October 4 View Page Bottom from the 1507 Jutras is as flat as a pancake. Sunday, October 4 View Page My daughter Charlotte Sunday, October 4 View Page Arriving @ Duisburg, my uncle Frans Broeckhoven is in the front. Sunday, October 4 View Page Unloading the 1142 Van Kooten, turned into grey/green color the last weeks... Sunday, October 4 View Page Unloading the 1507 Jutras. Sunday, October 4 View Page Officialy weighing the 1507: 550,2 kg or 1213 lbs, 4th place! So this is now the 1213 Van Rompaey 2009. Sunday, October 4 View Page Officially weighing the 1142. I entered this one as a squash and the organisators exepted this. 447,4 kg or 986,3 lbs 2nd place. So this one will be 986 Van Rompaey 2009. Brad Wursten told me that the EGVGA will not exept this one as a squash, for them it is a pumpkin... Sunday, October 4 View Page Winner Jos Ghaye with 617 kg or 1360 lbs. Congrats wih your new Belgian record Jos!! Sunday, October 4 View Page There was a tragically incident @ Duisburg. An uncarefull forklift-driver dropped Jonas' beautifull 982 lbs squash on the ground while loading. The bottom was cracked from side to side. A very sad moment for Jonas who was furious...I completly understand him. After this incident the driver refused to handle the other pumpkins from Jonas. Many hours of work destroyed in a second, a real pitty. Thursday, November 12 View Page Will get the seeds out today. Thursday, November 12 View Page Lat pic of my 1224 Van Rompaey (1507 Jutras x 985 Werner) Thursday, November 12 View Page 1224 cut open with a chainsaw. No internal cracks en very solid! Thursday, November 12 View Page About 300 seeds of the 1224. Want some?? E-mail me: [email protected] Thursday, November 12 View Page pic of the 986 Van Rompaey (1142 Van Kooten x 1507 Jutras) Thursday, November 12 View Page Another pic of the 986 Thursday, November 12 View Page 986 cut open. One internal crack on the upside but the wall is thick enough. Thursday, November 12 View Page About 150 seeds in the 986. This was my last entry, take care and grow'm BIG in 2010!